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How Weak Federal Ethics Laws Enable Presidential Profiteering

How Weak Federal Ethics Laws Enable Presidential Profiteering

The Iran War’s Price Tag: Billions Lost While Americans Go Without

The Iran War’s Price Tag: Billions Lost While Americans Go Without

Protestors holding signs, many that say "Stop Bombing Iran."

Trump’s ‘Just for Fun’ War Talk Shows a Dangerous Trivialization

Is The War on Iran Unlawful And Unfair To U.S. Troops?

Is The War on Iran Unlawful And Unfair To U.S. Troops?

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Stop Fighting Voter ID. Start Defining It.

Video: 'Bridging Across Generations' National Week of Conversation event

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By The FulcrumMay 16, 2022
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During the fifth annual National Week of Conversation, brought to us by America Talks, Convergence co-hosted an event on 'Bridging Across Generations' with Convergence CEO David Eisner; Layla Zaidane of Millennial Action Project (MAP); Manu Meel of BridgeUSA; and Marc Freedman of Encore.org leading the discussion. The event was participation-focused and saw a terrific turnout.


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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Trump’s Troubled Appointees Face Scandals, Backlash, and Low Support

Besides the ill-defined Iranian war, DOJ-FBI created the Epstein file debacle, tariff fiasco, Venezuela, Ecuador, Greenland, and Cuba interventions, special elections turning in Democrats’ favor, and the ever-increasing cost for gasoline, health care, mortgages, rent, prescription drugs, food, clothing, natural gas, electricity, and Agri-fertilizer, President Trump has other problems.

YouGov polling reveals that nearly all of Trump’s second-term political appointees are net-unpopular. Let’s examine six of Trump’s most troubling appointees.

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Cancel Cesar Chavez: Continue The Fight For Justice
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Cancel Cesar Chavez: Continue The Fight For Justice

As a young journalist, I covered the funeral of Cesar Chavez in 1993 and have interviewed Dolores Huerta several times over the past 30 years.

They were heroes to me and my family, icons of the Chicano civil rights movement.

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President Trump Demonstrates Why Euphemisms Damage Democracy

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) depart the White House on their way to Florida on March 20, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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President Trump Demonstrates Why Euphemisms Damage Democracy

In politics, words matter. In democratic politics, they matter even more.

Great political leaders have long recognized that fact.

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A President in Sheep’s Clothing and a Democracy in Decline

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A President in Sheep’s Clothing and a Democracy in Decline

Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, America’s president is undermining the Republic by evading checks, consolidating power, and attacking democratic norms. He disguises his malicious intentions as innocence while dismantling policies and programs that would help citizens.

In earlier opinions, I wrote about three forces that corrode democracy: hypocrisy, corruption, and confusion. Hypocrisy creates a false image of leadership; corruption erodes public trust and suppresses voter participation; confusion keeps the public from seeing the truth. Together, they weaken the Republic.

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